Granader v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff, a boy 17 years of age, was riding on the platform of a motor truck owned by Morgan & Wright, and operated by one of its drivers, in the city of Detroit. The motor truck was going south on Brush street. When it reached the north *368curb line of Warren avenue the driver observed a street car about 250 feet away approaching from the west. He kept on his course and concluded he could cross in advance of the car. When he was entering on the track the car was about 125 feet distant. The motor truck was 40 feet long and before he could clear the track the street car struck the rear end of it…